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Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝)

2×2 · top 0.00054% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021YEZI01

Ziyu Ye (叶梓渝) has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.39, set at Hefei Open 2025, puts him in the top 0.00054% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in China. Until October 2025, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since January 2021, he has put 1,756 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.36 in January 2021 to 4.19, an 81% improvement. Ziyu has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.00054% of 186,767 all-time
0.39
signature single · Hefei Open 2025
1,756
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
2×20.391.04
top 0.00054%1 / 15,796
3×34.195.26
top 0.026%21 / 28,153
Skewb1.082.15
top 0.075%4 / 5,004
Pyraminx1.993.02
top 1.1%122 / 10,224
3×3 one-handed11.8213.47
top 2.8%242 / 5,922
4×431.9038.17
top 4.1%395 / 5,926
Clock10.2211.70
top 26.2%602 / 1,843

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Chengdu New Year Afternoon 2021: 22.36Xi'an Cherry Blossom AM 2021: 14.32Colombo Matrix Open 2023: 5.19Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 6.08Chengdu Flash Cube Open 2023: 5.22Chongqing Open 2023: 5.85Hefei Winter Open 2023: 5.87Changsha Open 2023: 5.84Xuzhou Open 2024: 6.45Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2024: 6.59Guiyang Open 2024: 4.82Singapore 50 and Counting 2024: 5.49Chengdu Summer 2024: 6.26Malaysia 15th Anniversary Championship 2024: 5.44Dalian Open 2024: 5.87Rubik's WCA Asian Championship 2024: 5.59Shenzhen Open 2024: 4.98Hangzhou Open 2024: 5.35Chongqing New Year 2025: 5.53Chengdu Spring Open 2025: 5.67Luoyang Spring 2025: 5.37Xuzhou Newcomers 2025: 4.90Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2025: 4.95Beijing Summer 2025: 5.00Yancheng Open 2025: 5.12Zhuhai Open 2025: 4.94Yunnan Open 2025: 5.44Xi'an Summer 2025: 5.44Zibo Open 2025: 5.04Jiangmen Open 2025: 4.91Hefei Open 2025: 5.32Nanchang Winter 2025: 4.90Zhengzhou Zest 2025: 5.50Guangdong Open - Revival & Rival 2026: 5.06Zhuhai Pi Day 2026: 5.63Xi'an Cherry Blossom 2026: 4.80Xuzhou Zenith 2026: 4.19Foshan Open 2026: 4.89Chengdu Welcoming Summer 2026: 5.16Jiajiang Open 2026: 4.22Zhanjiang Open 2026: 5.67Beihai Open 2026: 5.32Nanning Open 2026: 4.994.1922.363 Jan 202123 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.